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A mariner, taking a boozer round, goes on foot (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sabot

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'on foot' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'a mariner taking a boozer round' is the wordplay.
'a mariner' becomes 'AB' (short for able seaman).
'taking a boozer' becomes 'sot' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ab' going into 'sot' is 'SABOT'.

'goes' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for sabot that I've seen before include "Carved shoe -- boats (anag)" , "Boast about wooden shoe" , "sole support?" , "French clog" , "This from last" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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